"Solo (TV series) Solo is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982. Starring Felicity Kendal, ""Solo"" was written by Carla Lane, a writer well known for having previously written the sitcom ""Butterflies"". Kendal plays Gemma Palmer, a woman who changes her life after discovering her live-in boyfriend has had an affair. Following the success of the BBC sitcom The Good Life, each of its four main stars were given their own programme with them as the lead, and ""Solo"" was Kendal's. Similar to Carla Lane's sitcom ""Butterflies"", ""Solo"" has serious themes and plots but still has"
"Girl Alone Girl Alone was an American radio soap opera broadcast on NBC from 1935 to 1941. Sponsored by Kellogg's and Quaker Oats, the series was scripted by Fayette Krum. After inheriting a fortune, Patricia Rogers (Betty Winkler) fell in love with the trustee of her estate, John Knight, portrayed by Karl Weber, Les Damon, Macdonald Carey, Bob Bailey and Syd Simons. Separating from Knight and leaving Chicago, Rogers entered into a romantic relationship with Phoenix newspaperman Scoop Curtis (Don Briggs, Pat Murphy, Arthur Jacobson), who was later paralyzed in an automobile accident. Other characters and the actors who played"
"Nicole Richie Nicole Camille Richie-Madden (born Nicole Camille Escovedo; September 21, 1981) is an American fashion designer, author, actress and media personality. Richie rose to prominence for her role in the Fox reality television series, ""The Simple Life"", alongside her childhood best friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton, which lasted five seasons. ""The Simple Life"" was a hit for the Fox network, premiering with 13 million viewers. Richie's personal life attracted significant media attention during ""The Simple Life""s five-year run, and she was a constant fixture of tabloid journalism before and after her appearance. Richie appeared as one of the"
"Good Life (The Braxtons song) ""Good Life"" is a 1990 single by The Braxtons, featuring Toni Braxton and her four sisters: Towanda, Trina, Traci Braxton, and Tamar Braxton. ""Good Life"", written by the German songwriting/production team Klarmann/Weber, was Toni Braxton's first professional recording. Toni Braxton and her sisters signed with Arista Records as The Braxtons in 1989. In 1990, they released ""Good Life"", their first and only single as a fivesome. The single, backed with ""Family"" as a B-side, reached #79 on the Billboard Hot Black Single charts. The song wasn't a major hit but it caught the attention of"
"Penelope Keith Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress, active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms ""The Good Life"" and ""To the Manor Born"". She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity. Keith joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963, and went on to"
"Felicity Kendal Felicity Ann Kendal (born 25 September 1946) is an English actress, working in television and theatre. She has appeared in numerous stage and screen roles over a 45-year career, but the role that brought attention to her career was that of Barbara Good in the 1975 television series ""The Good Life"". Felicity Kendal was born in Olton, Warwickshire, England, in 1946. She is the younger daughter of Geoffrey Kendal, an actor and manager, and his wife Laura Liddell. Her sister, Jennifer Kendal (died 1984, aged 51), was also an actress. After early years in Birmingham, Kendal went to"
"Leighton Meester Leighton Marissa Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and model. She is best known for her starring role as the devious socialite Blair Waldorf on teen drama television series ""Gossip Girl"" on The CW (2007–2012). She has also appeared in films such as ""Killer Movie"" (2008), ""Country Strong"" (2010), ""The Roommate"" (2011), ""Monte Carlo"" (2011), ""The Oranges"" (2011) and ""The Judge"" (2014). Meester made her Broadway debut in ""Of Mice and Men"" (2014). She plays the character Angie D'Amato on the 2018 ABC television sitcom ""Single Parents"" (2018). In addition to acting, Meester"
"Bob Larbey, Briers was cast in the lead role in ""The Good Life"" (1975–78), playing Tom Good, a draughtsman who decides, on his 40th birthday, to give up his job and try his hand at self-sufficiency, with the support of his wife Barbara, played by Felicity Kendal. Briers persuaded the producers to cast his friend Paul Eddington, a fellow council member of Equity, in the role of Jerry. An enormously successful series, the last episode in 1978 was performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1977, he starred with his ""The Good Life"" co-star Penelope Keith in the televised"
"Charitable Trust for many years, particularly giving her time to the management committee of the actors' care home, Denville Hall. Gray died in hospital on 18 February 2013, aged 83. Elspet Gray Elspet Jean Gray, Lady Rix (née Gray; 12 April 192918 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became well known for her partnership with her husband, Lord Rix, and was later familiar to British television audiences for various roles in the 1970s and 1980s. She was best recognised as Mrs. Palmer in the television series ""Solo"", alongside Felicity Kendal, and as Lady Collingford in the television series"
"New Year Honours, and was promoted to a Commander (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for ""charitable services"". In the 2014 New Year Honours, she became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the Arts and to Charity. Penelope Keith Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress, active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms ""The Good Life"" and ""To the Manor Born"". She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors'"
"that's my life."" Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe (born 5 June 1990) is an English-born Australian actress and singer-songwriter. She appeared in the films ""Beautiful Kate"", ""After the Dark"", ""Adore"", and ""Road Kill"", and starred in the television series ""The Slap"", ""Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"", ""The Returned"" and ""The Beautiful Lie"". Lowe was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and moved to Australia with her family in 2000. In her early teens, she signed to Chadwick Models but quit modelling in favour of acting. Lowe's first roles were the short films ""Kindle"", in which she played the lead role Hayley; ""Mirage"","
"them were as follows: The announcers were Bob Brown and Charles Lyon. The program's theme was ""The Girl Alone Suite"" by Don Marcotte. Gordon Hughes and Axel Gruenberg directed. Girl Alone Girl Alone was an American radio soap opera broadcast on NBC from 1935 to 1941. Sponsored by Kellogg's and Quaker Oats, the series was scripted by Fayette Krum. After inheriting a fortune, Patricia Rogers (Betty Winkler) fell in love with the trustee of her estate, John Knight, portrayed by Karl Weber, Les Damon, Macdonald Carey, Bob Bailey and Syd Simons. Separating from Knight and leaving Chicago, Rogers entered into"
"the website handmedowns.com. The proceeds went directly to The Richie Madden Children's Foundation to help bring more opportunities to children in the US and abroad. Nicole Richie Nicole Camille Richie-Madden (born Nicole Camille Escovedo; September 21, 1981) is an American fashion designer, author, actress and media personality. Richie rose to prominence for her role in the Fox reality television series, ""The Simple Life"", alongside her childhood best friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton, which lasted five seasons. ""The Simple Life"" was a hit for the Fox network, premiering with 13 million viewers. Richie's personal life attracted significant media attention during"
"racism"". She used her married name for her later novels, several of which (including ""Good Behaviour"" and ""Time After Time"") have been adapted for television. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote 11 novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym ""M. J. Farrell"". She was a member of Aosdána. Her husband died suddenly in 1946, and, following the failure of a play, she published nothing for twenty years. In 1981 ""Good Behaviour"" came out under her own name; the manuscript, which had languished in a drawer for many years, was lent to a visitor, the actress Peggy Ashcroft,"
"arguing about her future domestic role if they got married. Gemma’s mother Mrs. Palmer, whose first name is revealed as Elizabeth, continues her relationship with the younger Howard. She continues to wish that Gemma would settle down, and after one argument she and Gemma meet less often to give Gemma her own space. As the series ends, Mrs. Palmer goes through the menopause but Howard sticks by her, despite her worries. ""Solo"" aired for two series from 11 January 1981 to 17 October 1982, and each of the thirteen episodes is thirty minutes long. When originally aired, the episodes were"
"away from television for several years after ""The Simple Life"" finished, finding time to display her niche in fashion, writing books and raising a family with current boyfriend Joel Madden. She has since announced plans to produce and star in a sitcom to air on ABC, loosely based around her life. Ever since plans to appear in ""The Simple Life"" fell through, Kimberly Stewart has been working hard to develop her own reality series. A series pilot, titled ""Win Your Life Back"" featured Kimberly taking favourite personal belongings off two teams of young female contestants, and putting them through challenges"
"Bern Nadette Stanis Bernnadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislaus, December 22, 1953) is an American actress and author. Stanis is best known for her role as Thelma Ann Evans–Anderson, the only daughter of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS sitcom ""Good Times"" which originally ran from 1974 to 1979. Stanis is the author of four books: ""Situations 101: Relationships, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly""; ""For Men Only""; ""Situations 101: Finances""; and ""The Last Night"". One of five children, Stanis was born and raised in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York City. She attended Erasmus Hall High"
"performed in London throughout World War II, even as Nazis were bombing the city. In 1950, after 13 films, she more or less retired from acting to raise her three children by actor Basil Sydney. Howard also began a second career as a writer. She wrote three well-received novels, ""Two Persons Singular"" (1960), ""A Private View"" (1961) and ""Going On"" (2000). She also wrote plays, including ""Broken Silence"", which was produced by the BBC. After her divorce from Sydney, Howard married American psychoanalyst Joel Shor, and moved to California in 1964. Although the couple eventually separated, Howard remained in California."
"Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe (born 5 June 1990) is an English-born Australian actress and singer-songwriter. She appeared in the films ""Beautiful Kate"", ""After the Dark"", ""Adore"", and ""Road Kill"", and starred in the television series ""The Slap"", ""Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"", ""The Returned"" and ""The Beautiful Lie"". Lowe was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and moved to Australia with her family in 2000. In her early teens, she signed to Chadwick Models but quit modelling in favour of acting. Lowe's first roles were the short films ""Kindle"", in which she played the lead role Hayley; ""Mirage"", which was screened"
"and appeared in numerous television commercials, including Sure Deodorant, Geritol, Hamburger Helper, Sardo Bath Beads, and Bradlees. Vestoff's primetime television guest credits included ""The Quinns"", ""Carmody"", ""Contact: The Case of the Secret Message"", ""We Interrupt This Season"", ""Alone at Last"" and ""Kojak"". Her screen roles included Robert Altman's ""A Wedding"" and ""Such Good Friends"". Vestoff succumbed to cancer in New York City at age 42. Virginia Vestoff Virginia Vestoff (December 9, 1939 – May 2, 1982) was an American actress of film, television and Broadway. Vestoff was born into a family of vaudeville performers in New York City. Both her"
"broadcast on Sunday evenings on BBC1. On 10 March 1989, seven years after the last episode aired, a Comic Relief special short episode, ""The Last Waltz"", aired on BBC1. Written especially by Carla Lane, it features characters from four of Lane's sitcoms; ""Solo"", ""Butterflies"", ""Bread"" and ""The Liver Birds"". The two series of ""Solo"" were released in a boxset in Region 2 (UK) on 17 March 2003. Solo (TV series) Solo is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982. Starring Felicity Kendal, ""Solo"" was written by Carla Lane, a writer well known for having previously written"
"interesting activities – and held an opinion on everything – but worked hard on keeping the vivacious and flippant image and hiding her loneliness. She once commented, ""I've enjoyed my happiest moments when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across the sawdust-covered floor of a saloon."" She was interviewed in the television documentary series ""Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film"" (1980). After spending several weeks with a lung infection, Anita Loos died in New York City at the age of 92 from natural causes. At the memorial service, friends Helen Hayes, Ruth Gordon, and Lillian Gish, regaled the mourners"
"The Good Life (1971 TV series) The Good Life is an American situation comedy that was aired on NBC as part of its 1971–1972 lineup. The series stars Larry Hagman and Donna Mills, and was produced by Lorimar, in association with Screen Gems. ""The Good Life"" is the story of a middle class American couple, the Millers (Hagman and Mills), who have tired of their mundane existence. Instead of following the time-honored premise of ""hitting the road"" to seek adventure or engaging in a stereotypical period activity such as joining a communal farm, they decide to seek new employment as"
"The Good Life (2007 film) The Good Life is a 2007 film written and directed by Stephen Berra, starring Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Patrick Fugit, Bill Paxton, Drea de Matteo, Harry Dean Stanton, and Chris Klein. A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectionist living in Nebraska. His encounters with various social difficulties and with Frances (Zooey Deschanel), a beautiful and enigmatic young woman leads to dramatic changes and decisions in his life. ""The Good Life"" was shot primarily in Canada in March 2006 on a budget of over 3 million"
"Better Alone ""Better Alone"" is a song by British singer-songwriter, Melanie C. It was released as the second single from her third album ""Beautiful Intentions"". The song is a piano-backed ballad which covers themes such as independence and emancipation from a stifling relationship. In the United Kingdom, it was available to purchase from iTunes and from the online shop on Melanie C's website, which sold a limited run of two physical CDs and a DVD single. It was also released in Australia, Italy, Sweden and Netherlands. In February 2006, after the success of First Day of My Life, ""Better Alone"""
"received from the national press. But the BBC, not then comfortable with the concept of soap opera, quietly dropped the series in 1965. When the series ended, the cast members appeared in other popular programmes, Ronald Allen was a regular in the soap opera ""Crossroads"" between 1969 and 1985. Australian actor Vincent Ball also featured in ""Crossroads"". Marcia Ashton, who played Lily, appeared in soap opera ""Brookside"" many years later. Carmen Silvera played the role of Madame Edith Artois in the sitcom ""'Allo 'Allo"" from 1982 to 1992. The director David Giles had a distinguished television career. Only a handful"
"child, daughter Brittany Rose. Bern Nadette Stanis Bernnadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislaus, December 22, 1953) is an American actress and author. Stanis is best known for her role as Thelma Ann Evans–Anderson, the only daughter of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS sitcom ""Good Times"" which originally ran from 1974 to 1979. Stanis is the author of four books: ""Situations 101: Relationships, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly""; ""For Men Only""; ""Situations 101: Finances""; and ""The Last Night"". One of five children, Stanis was born and raised in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York City. She"
"Lush Life (TV series) Lush Life is an American sitcom that aired in September 1996 on Fox. The series stars Karyn Parsons and Lori Petty as roommates who shared a studio apartment for financial reasons. Petty stars as Georgette ""George"" Sanders, a bohemian artist who was wild and uninhibited. Parsons played Margot Hines, a snooty, airheaded wanna-be businesswoman. The two would get into conflicts generally surrounding one of their crazy schemes. In one aired episode, George fakes her own death to draw attention and higher prices to her paintings. In another, Margot convinces some of George's gay male friends to"
"The Good Life (1975 TV series) The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC One and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old London plastics designer, it relates the joys and miseries he and his wife Barbara experience when they attempt to escape modern commercial living by ""becoming totally self-sufficient"" in their home in Surbiton. In 2004, it came 9th in ""Britain's Best Sitcom"". In the United States, it aired on various PBS stations"
"""The Simple Life"" starring Judith Light as a lifestyle expert, which did not fare any better. Style & Substance Style & Substance is an American sitcom starring Jean Smart and Nancy McKeon that aired on CBS from January 5 to September 2, 1998. Jean Smart is Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her"
"Number 1 Single In this reality-based series, all of whose installments she narrated, singer-actress Lisa Loeb documented her life as a single woman in her mid-thirties as she attempted to re-enter the dating scene after two failed relationships, each of which had lasted six years. With the help of her sister Debbie (who was also a singer-actress, and single as well), her longtime friend Stephanie, and ex-boyfriend Juan Patino, Lisa was given advice on how to find love. But even as she pursued her Mr. Right, she also hoped that, when she did find him, she would finally achieve a"
"Queen Latifah, Erika Alexander and Mel Jackson were unavailable to participate. In January 2017, Queen Latifah reported that a revival of ""Living Single"" is in the works with the original cast and that she plans to serve as producer. In July 2018, Erika Alexander posted a video online of her hinting at a reboot. In 1995 and 1996, Living Single was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series (Bryan Hays). Living Single Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993"
"but was otherwise in good health and had been hospitalized for a minor surgical procedure, when her death came suddenly from natural causes, said her daughter, Heather. Sheila MacRae Sheila Margaret MacRae (née Stevens; 24 September 1921 – 6 March 2014) was an English-born American actress, singer, and dancer. MacRae appeared in such films as ""Caged"" (1950), ""Backfire"" (1950), and ""Sex and the Single Girl"" (1964). On television, MacRae played herself in an episode of ""I Love Lucy"", ""The Fashion Show"", in which she asks Lucy to participate in a Hollywood fashion show organized by Don Loper and featuring actors'"